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Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Celtics exercise option on 11th pick in draft
ESPN.com news services
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BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics exercised their option to take
Denver's pick, giving them three-first round choices in the NBA draft on June 27.
Boston has the 10th pick, the 11th from Denver and the 21st from
Phoenix. The deadline for deciding whether to take the Nuggets'
pick was Tuesday.
If Boston had passed on the Nuggets' choice, it could have taken
the Nuggets' first-round choice next year.
The Celtics acquired the pick in August 1999, trading Danny
Fortson, Eric Washington and Eric Williams for Ron Mercer, Popeye
Jones and Dwayne Schintzius.
The 21st pick comes from Phoenix and was acquired in a
four-team deal last August. In the deal, Fortson was sent to
Golden State and the Celtics received Robert Pack, John "Hot
Rod" Williams and what ended up being the Suns' first-round pick
in 2001.
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